Adjustable trousers



Sept. 29, 1925. Re. 16,179

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Momus Wnmnn and Gnonon S. Wnmnn', citizens of theUnited States, residin at Bicknell, in the county of Knox and tate ofIndiana, did invent certain new and useful Improvements in AdjustableTrousers; and it is hereby declared that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to use the same.

Our invention relates to improvements in trousers.

In accordance with our invention we so constructed the trousers at thewaist that such waist may be adjusted within limits, for making the samelarger or smaller. The adjusting means is arranged wholly upon the innerside of the trousers, and hence is not visible in use. The trousers areso constructed that when the waist or waist band is adjusted, thematerial of trousers at the hips, is adjusted, in a correspondingmanner. The construction is such that the adjustment will take up or letout the material at the waist band, equall in a forward direction and ina rearward direction, thereby maintaining the side pockets in the.proper position. The trousers made inaccordance with our invention areneat in a )earance and the adjustable. feature is hardly observable. Thefold produced by the adjustment feature, is adapted to be creased andironed in any selected adjusted position. The straps for the belt arecarried near the fold, preventing sagging.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and inwhich like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout thesame,

Figmre 1 is a plan view of the pair of trousers, embodying ourinvention,

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same,

Figure 3 is an elevation of theinner side, showing the adjustmentfeature,

Figure 4 is the perspective view of a POI: tion of the trousers, showingthe ad ustment feature, v v

Fi re 5is the side elevation of trousers, showing the parts arranged ina different adi'rustment, and,

igure 6 isa horizontal section taken on line 66 of Figure 5.

w as. 16,179- U ITED STATES PATENT The xtrousers embody the usual le 10,I

having upperv hip a waist band 12. with the usual side pockets 13.

The invention resides adjustment of the waist riprtions 11, provid withhe trousers are equi ped principally in the and 12, and hip portions 11,for increasing or decreasing the same, within limits. At each side ket12" is the usual gore 14 to which is stitched at 15, a supplemental gore16, ta ring downwardly. The rear portion of t e hip adjacent to the sidepocket, is cut full pro- V1 ing a gore 17, tapering downwardly and ofsubstantially the same size as the gore 16. The gore 17 may be re rdedas extending from the line 18 to a ine of stitching 19. The gores 16 and'17 have their faces contactin and extend inwardly, as indicated at 20,an the stitching 19 passes through these edges. As a resultof this, theores 16 and 17 fold readily upon the stitc ing 19 and will lie flatagainst each other. In the ordinary trousers, the material would be cutat the line 18, and the fullness represented by of'the pocket 12, and issecured by the tack,

produced by the gore 16. The line pockets 12" and ack I 20'. It isthus-seen that the gores 16 and 7 17 are of a substantial length andproject slightly below' the tack 20', and by virtue of their length, thefullness of the hip portions of the trousers are corresponding to twaist line.

Arranged upon the inner side of the waist band 12, is a strip 21,secured thereto by stitching or like, and this strip is equipped witheyelets 22, equi-distantly spaced, for any selected distance such asoneuarter inch, one-half inch or like. Particu at attention is called tothe fact that the first eyelet 22 is arranged adjacent to the line 18 ofthe gore 17, and the strip 21 extends horizontally from the line 18. 'Ahook 23 is attached to the gores 16 and 17 at their to and at the lineof stitchin 19. These hoo s are adapted to engage wi in selected eyelets22. .While we have found the eyelets and hook a preferred connectingmeans, as the same lies flat in use, yet the invention is in no senserestricted to this particular type of properly taken care of, eadjustment at the connecting means, em loyed. c arrange a belt 100 '24,u

gore 17, and we also emp oy the belt loop attached to the waist line atthe outer edge of the gore 16, as shown.

In the use of the trousers, the same will have the smallest possiblewaist line, when the book 23 engages within the rearmost e elet 22. Theores 16 and 17 will be fol ed fiat upon eac other, at the line ofstitching 19, and the material will also be'folded u, n the line 18, andmay be ironed or crease on this line. This provides a double foldarranged adjacent to the rear edge of pocket.

The belt passes through the loops 24 and 25 secured upon this fol andthe ocket, preventing either from sagging. 0 increase the waist line,the hook 23 is inserted in the selected eyelet, to the front. Forinstance if the eyelets are one-quarter inch apart, and the hook isadvanced two eyelets, at each pocket, the waist line would be increasedone inch. At each pocket, the walst line will let out one-quarter inchin a forwardly direction and one-quarter inch in a rearwardly direction,thus retaining the side pocket m a proper relative position. The foldwill now be ironed, and creased upon its new llne of fold. 7

We also contemplate applying the invention to ladies and gentlemens golftrousers, at the waist and at the bottom; to ladies and gentlemensknickers at the waist and bottom; boys knickers, at the walst and at thebottom, to the waistband of ladies skirts, and to riding trousers of allkinds at the waist and at the bottom. We also contemplate arran ing thehooks and eyelets upon the outer side of the garment as well as on theinner side.

It is to be understood that the form of our invention herewith shown anddescribed is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and thatvarious changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts, may beresorted to, without departing from the spirit n the waist a downwardlytapering of our invention, 'or the scope of the subjoined claims. vI-Iaving thus described our invention, we claim:

11A pair of trousers comprising front and rear hip portions can ing legportions, a side pocket upon each side of the trousers,

foldable portion disposed between the front and rear hip portions andextending from the waist band to a point near the lower end of the edgeof the pocket, said downwardly taperin foldable vportion folding uponlines extending longitudinally thereof whereby such fo lding adjusts thewaist band and hips of the trousers, the outer side of the foldableportion lapping forwardly with respect to the pocket whereby the lapproduced extends forwardly with relation to such pocket and will notinterfere with the insertion of the hand into the pocket, and meansarranged near the'waist band to lock'the upper overlappled portions ofsaid foldable portions toget er in a selected adjusted position.

2. A pair of trousers comprising front and rear hip portions carrying leside pocket upon each side of t e trousers, a downwardly taperingfoldable portion disposed between the front and rear hip portions andextending from the waist band to a point beneath the top end of the edgeof the pocket, said downwardly tapering foldable portion folding uponlines extending longitudinall thereof whereby such folding adjusts thewaist band and hips of the trousers, the outer side of the foldableportion lapping forwardly with respect to the pocket whereby the lapproduced extends' forwardly with relation to such pocket and will notinterfere with the insertion of the hand into the pocket, and meansarranged near the waist band to lock the upper overlapped portion ofsaid foldable portions together in selected adjusted positions.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures.

MORRIS WEINER. GEORGE S. WEINER.

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